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Cohen, Jacob

Cohen, Jacob

Jacob, son of Anita and David, was born in 1945 in Meknes, Morocco, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1954. Jacob was drafted into the IDF in early November 1964 and was assigned to the Engineering Corps. After basic training, he was trained as a platoon commander and assigned to an engineering battalion. After completing his regular service, Yaakov participated in the Six-Day War in the Southern Command and was later assigned to reserve duty as an operator. Armored Corps armored engineering battalion. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Jacob was in the synagogue and from there he was called to his unit. He returned immediately to his house, packed his things, and parted with his friends with joy, as if he had not gone to war. During the war he participated with his battalion as a heavy machinery operator, and on the 19th of Tishrei 5734 (19.10.1973), Yaakov was injured and killed in the “Clutch” area, in the small lake of Hammer, at the time of its success to the western direction of the Suez Canal. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl. He left behind a wife and two daughters, parents, four brothers and four sisters. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal.

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